Nikki Sharp built a growing CrossFit gym while keeping her 20-year career as a therapist, and she did it with less time than most owners think they need. We get into how a time constraint forced her to build the team and systems most owners avoid, and why the hours you have matter less than what you do with them.

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How to become a better CrossFit coach starts with one resource: the CrossFit Level 1 Training Guide.We're going live to break it down with CrossFit Level 4 (CF-L4) coaches Todd Occhiuto and Kristin Bowen.This series is for aspiring coaches getting ready for their CrossFit Level 1, and for current coaches who want to get better at what they already do.In this first episode, we go back to the start of the guide and unpack what most people skim past: the actual aim of CrossFit, the prescription, and the methodology behind it.

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📚 CrossFit Level 1 Training Guide: http://library.crossfit.com/free/pdf/CFJ_English_Level1_TrainingGuide.pdf

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Hyrox North American Champion and Hyrox Global Head of Training David Magida joins us to break down how to integrate Hyrox into your CrossFit gym without overhauling your schedule or losing your identity. We cover whether you actually need separate Hyrox classes, how to program it into the classes your members already attend, and how to capture the demand without burning out your coaches.---Take the free Affiliate Blueprint Assessment

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Your programmer can hand you the warm-up, the teaching points, and the timeline, and you still don't have a lesson plan. Todd and Kristin break down what every coach has to add before they walk on the floor, and why no programming subscription will ever do it for you.

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Most gym owners are either scared of AI or ignoring it. Both are the wrong move.You got into this because you care about people. Turns out that's exactly why your gym has something AI will never replace.We're sitting down with Eamon Anderson, who built AI tools specifically for Affiliate Owners, to talk about what AI is already taking over, what it can't touch, and what that means for your business right now.

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Todd Occhiuto recently completed the Burgener Strength Course — one of the most respected weightlifting education programs available to CrossFit coaches — and he's here to break down exactly what he learned. In this episode of Coach Development Live, Todd shares his honest takeaway and how he's already applying it inside his gym.

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CrossFit has a new CEO in Bruce Edwards, the former COO and Affiliate Owner. Fern and Christian break down what this moment means, address the community frustration head-on, and talk about what actually moves the needle for affiliate owners.

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Murph is one of the most meaningful workouts of the year. In this episode, Kristin Bowen and Katie Hayes break down what it actually means to coach Murph on Memorial Day and how to lead your athletes through an experience they'll remember long after the workout is over.

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Keith Barlow joins Jason Ackerman and Fern to talk about Xenom, the first globalized, standardized test of fitness, and what a universal fitness benchmark could mean for your gym, your members, and the future of the industry.

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A clip featuring CF-L4 Kristin Bowen sparked a public debate about CrossFit coaching standards when Gymnastics Course coach Barney Linssen posted a critique that divided the community. We invited him on to hash out the conversation and lay out what is practical in a real CrossFit class.

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